POLITICIAN

Margaret Chase Smith

1897 - 1995

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Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Chase Smith has received more than 975,499 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Margaret Chase Smith is the 17,146th most popular politician (down from 15,436th in 2019), the 11,521st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,930th in 2019) and the 764th most popular American Politician.

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  • 41.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margaret Chase Smith ranks 17,146 out of 19,576. Before her are John Henninger Reagan, Johanna Wanka, Jean Charest, Lagumot Harris, Drest Gurthinmoch, and Jack Layton. After her are Jon Kyl, Atiku Abubakar, Syarhey Rumas, Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio, Andrea Nahles, and Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Margaret Chase Smith ranks 306. Before her are Tilly Edinger, Hermione Gingold, Edwin Graves, Monty Banks, Naomi Mitchison, and Cecil Parker. After her are Robert Riskin, Muriel Freeman, William Gott, Richard Russell Jr., John Laurie, and Jerome Cowan. Among people deceased in 1995, Margaret Chase Smith ranks 310. Before her are Frank Perry, Burton Jastram, Ed Flanders, Iqbal Masih, Harry Golombek, and Terry Southern. After her are David Marshall, Einari Teräsvirta, Johnny Carey, Vivian Blaine, Art Taylor, and Odette Hallowes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Chase Smith ranks 11,521 out of 20,380. Before her are Moroni Olsen (1889), Peter Laird (1954), Larry Young (1940), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Bill Fagerbakke (1957), and Marc Vann (1954). After her are Jon Kyl (1942), Keone Young (1947), Josh Stewart (1977), Félix Sánchez (1977), Bob Denver (1935), and Oscar Hijuelos (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Margaret Chase Smith ranks 764. Before her are Marsha Blackburn (1952), Lamar Alexander (1940), John B. Anderson (1922), Franklin Farrell (1908), Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946), and John Henninger Reagan (1818). After her are Jon Kyl (1942), Mike Gravel (1930), Gaylord Nelson (1916), Samuel Osgood (1747), Amy Klobuchar (1960), and Stuart Symington (1901).

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